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Eric Graner's death became a hot topic on Twitter within hours of the New York City medical examiner ruling Friday that his chokehold death at the hands of the New York City Police Department was a homicide.

A large team of international investigators have finally started work at the crash site. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.

President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that the United States "crossed a line" and tortured al Qaeda detainees after the 9/11 terror attacks.

Fighters from self-declared jihadist group withdraw from several villages after clashes with tribal fighters.

US president says release is precondition for truce talks but Hamas says it does not know missing soldier's whereabouts.

(WASHINGTON) -- The House has approved a $694 million bill to address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant youths arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. The GOP legislation passed 223-189 late Friday on a nearly party-line v...

Records show Arizona inmate was injected 15 times during lengthy execution some call botched

A new Russian law went into effect Friday that further tightens already restrictive free speech rights on the Internet, one of the few places where Russian citizens are able to express dissent again President Vladimir Pu...

Late pop singer Michael Jackson's Neverland estate is being considered for sale, a spokesman for the company controlling the property said on Friday.

Ukraine's army was too weak to defend itself in March. Not anymore

The Sinaloa state congress passed a law on Thursday that is bound to have journalists covering the violent region fuming. Reporters will henceforth only be allowed to release crime information based on what the governmen...

United States health officials say they aim to test a vaccine shown to protect macaque monkeys as early as next month.

Paleontologist Howell Thomas of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County says the 16- to 17-million-year-old baleen whale fossil is one of about 20 baleen whale fossils known to exist.

Congress overwhelmingly approved an emergency measure on Friday to grant $225 million in additional revenue to Israel for the country's Iron Dome missile defense system. The package will put nearly a quarter of a billion...

Today in celebrity gossip: More fallout from the infamous Ibiza restaurant throwdown, plus Lana Del Rey may be dating James Franco, and behind the scenes Scientology drama at Dancing With the Stars.

The night sky in central Gaza lights up... smoke billowing in the aftermath. Israel continues shelling the area -- a day after a 72-hour ceasefire was broken. Though both sides deny violating the truce, Hamas acknowledge...

Late on Friday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican bill. The bill reverses President Barack Obama's policy, that allows for discretion in deporting undocumented workers who were brought to the co...

President says mistreatment likely a result of pressure on national security officials to prevent attacks.

Comedy Central's fake newscasters have an outsized influence on public opinion and seemingly different takes on hotly-debated topics like teacher tenure laws and the Common Core standards

Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city, is currently in a state of disarray due to blasts caused by a gas explosion. The number of casualties has now surpassed 250, with bodies continuing to be discovered as the day p...

The death of a man during an arrest last month in New York City was caused by a choke hold by a police officer, the chief medical examiner's office said on Friday, declaring the death a homicide.

A 12-year-old suspect in the stabbing linked to the fictional online character reportedly believes she has Vulcan Mind control